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Includes Blue-moustached Bee-eater
- Merops mentalis
Identification
Distribution
West Africa: Found from Mali and Sierra Leone to Cameroon
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Blue-headed Bee-eater.
Habitat
Canopy of lowland rain forest.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes small butterflies, honeybees and other large insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Birdforum thread with among other things discussion of possible split of this species
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Blue-moustached Bee-eater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Blue-moustached_Bee-eater
